The Capstone of the Supply Chain Management (SCM) program. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge in SCM in order to think critically and design SCM strategies necessary to support the firm’s global strategic decisions. This course should prepare students for higher-level learning in the field of SCM with emphasis in the following areas: globalization and international trade, supply chain relationships, supply chain strategies, collaborative planning, procurement and ethical standards, information flows and technology, measuring and managing logistic performance, supply chain vulnerabilities, sustainable supply chain systems, reverse logistics, service supply chains, and emerging supply change designs.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
This course is the Capstone of the Supply Chain Management (SCM) program. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge in SCM in order to think critically and design SCM strategies necessary to support the firm’s global strategic decisions. When completed, this course should prepare students for higher-level learning in the field of SCM.
- Globalization and the Supply Chain
- Explain globalization; and assess the global impact on the supply chain caused by social, technical, cultural, and political forces.
- Examine the roll of multinational companies and their role in global trade.
- Supply Chain Relationships
- Explain outsourcing and the factors affecting outsourcing decisions.
- Identify problems faced by outsourcing companies that can result in failure.
- Examine the outsourcer-outsoucee relationship and the integration and collaboration in the global supply chain.
- Supply Chain Strategies
- Discuss the evolution of manufacturing from craft production, to mass production, to lean production, and to mass customization.
- Explain lean and agile logistics strategies.
- Compare and contrast the similarities and differences between lean production and agile supply chains.
- Collaborative Planning with Logistics Service Providers
- Describe and differentiate the various types of companies that provide logistics services.
- Examine carrier responsibilities and documentation.
- Identify factors that should be considered when selecting the logistics service provider.
- Procurement and Ethical Standards
- Describe the differences between procurement, sourcing and purchasing.
- Identify the motivations and differences between buyers and sellers.
- Explain the value and risk factors of goods and services to a firm and the level of dependency relative to the product.
- Discuss ethical behavior and concept of sustainability.
- Information Flows and Technology
- Define the role of information technology in the supply chain.
- Explain the need for visibility and transparency across the supply chain network and outline the barriers to achieving it.
- Describe various information technologies and the use of RFID in the supply chain to provide real-time information visibility.
- Measuring and Managing Logistic Performance
- Explain the basic forms of performance measurement.
- Illustrate the trend towards measurement of a wider array of activities, and the driving forces behind this trend.
- Describe the role of benchmarking, commonly used metrics, and key performance indicators.
- Supply Chain Vulnerabilities
- Explain why supply chain risk, robustness, and resilience have emerged as important themes in supply chain management.
- Discuss the need for a holistic approach to managing supply chain vulnerabilities.
- Sustainable Supply Chain Systems
- Explain the terms carbon footprint, food miles, and reverse logistics.
- Illustrate the best practices in the attempt to reduce environmental footprints.
- Reverse Logistics
- Explain the basics of reverse logistics.
- Describe the various recovery options in reverse logistics such as reuse, remanufacturing, and recycling.
- Identify key success factors for the implementation of reverse logistic systems.
- Service Supply Chains
- Highlight the increased importance of service supply chains in the global economy.
- Define service, service science, and service supply chains.
- Compare and contrast manufacturing and service supply chains.
- Emerging Supply Change Designs
- Review the many logistics and supply chain strategies and practices employed today.
- Discuss the need to synchronize the design of supply chains with the design of a product.
- Outline the skills and knowledge areas required of logistics and supply chain managers in the future.
Assessment and Requirements
All assessment of student achievement is left to the discretion of the individual instructor.
Required course materials on file in department office.
Outcomes
Credit for Prior College-Level Learning
Assessment tool on file with department, or the successful completion of a grade of "C or better" from Henry Ford College's course BBA-254 Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
Note: BSC-260 Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management to replace prior course offering BBA-254 Logistics and Supply Chain Management.